Elon Musk Challenges Chess: 'It Will Be Solved by AI' – Chess.com's Response Sparks Debate

In the moment Elon Musk posted on X that chess will soon be 'solved' by AI, I rewound the entire exchange like an overlooked sports documentary. At that moment, the sound of cleats on an empty field echoed, but here it was the sound of computer keyboard keys on the screen. Musk declared that with the development of artificial intelligence, chess would lose its complex value and become just a simple game. Chess.com's response was quick, intelligent, and data-driven: they pointed out that the number of legal positions in chess already exceeds the number of atoms in the universe. This debate is not only about AI, but about how we understand and protect the value of a chess intellectual sport in an exploding tech world. As a sports documentary scriptwriter specializing in chess, I spent hours analyzing in detail, extracting insights from raw data and the story behind each number.